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Laundry Assistant Bank

Care UK is one of the UK’s leading providers of health and social care services. Join our Hotel Services team and you’ll be playing a vital part in making residents’ lives better on a daily basis.

Whatever role you take on, you’ll be working as part of a close-knit team to improve the daily lives of the people we care for. You’ll be dedicated to achieving the highest standards and to providing the ultimate in customer service. You will also be flexible, reliable and love working as part of a team.

As a Laundry Assistant you’ll launder and iron our residents’ clothing to the highest standards, putting it away tidily and ensuring wardrobes and drawers are always clean and neat.

Key Responsibilities

Carry out all cleaning duties as directed by the Head Housekeeper to the required Company standards. Cleaning duties can be in any area of the nursing home.

Ensure that daily and deep cleaning schedules are adhered to.

Maintain a high standard of personal presentation and hygiene.

Ensure that all cleaning equipment is correctly and safely used and kept in a safe condition. Report any defect to the Home Manager.

Carry out any other reasonable instructions of the Home Manager.

To be sensitive to the privacy and individual needs of the residents.

To comply with COSHH regulations.

To adhere to infection control polices at all times.

To ensure the correct use of PPE.

To follow the correct use of colour code systems within the home

Carry out other ad hoc duties as requested by the Head Housekeeper or Home Manager.

To ensure all necessary documentation is completed daily.

To ensure trolley’s are re-stocked at the end of shift and cleaning cupboards are left clean and tidy

Skills & Experience

Previous cleaning experience

Ability to communicate on the telephone

Good communication skills both written and verbal

Able to carry out instructions accurately.

A knowledge of health and safety

An understanding of infection control

Flexible and reliable attitude to working arrangements

Committed to customer care and first class service provision

Ability to work alone as well as part of a team

Adaptable, friendly, polite, courteous and caring

Qualifications

Basic education, including English and Maths

Where you'll work

Honeysuckle House is a welcoming care homeset in a leafy residential area of Palmers Green in north London.

Our friendly team provides specialist residential and nursing care for older people with Alzheimer's and other types of dementia. We offer personalised care and engaging activities based on residents' individual needs, interests and preferences. Our homely atmosphere helps everyone to feel settled and happy. Residents' comfort and health is our top priority and we treat each person with dignity and respect.

At Honeysuckle House, we value residents’ ideas and encourage everyone to take part in making decisions about the home. So when we redecorate, we find out what residents would like and we keep them up to date with progress. We also offer lots of support to residents' loved ones and we've got a wonderful network of families and friends who contribute to the daily life of the home, for example by helping to plant hanging baskets and containers to keep our garden looking fresh and bright.

Care UK is committed to ensuring that it employs people with the right mix of talent, skills and potential and will assess every applicant fairly regardless of race, gender, religion, sexual orientation, responsibilities for dependents, age, physical/mental disability or offending background. Having a criminal record will not necessarily prevent you from working with us, it will depend on the nature of the role and background of any offence.